How to Stay in Business: Key Considerations for Disaster Recovery - Slide 3

Standardization of the platform is important in reaping the benefits of the cloud. Having standard hardware, processors, OS versions and builds make transporting virtualized containers easier and more reliable. Choosing a platform is something that must be done in partnership with both the application architects and the data center managers. Having a mismatch will result in applications not porting into the cloud during critical times.

In the wake of the increasing threats to the data center via cybercrime and the recent natural disasters occurring across the globe, AFCOM's Data Center Institute believes it is time to review the adequacy of existing data center business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

They maintain that the cloud offers new and dynamic approaches to the art of disaster recovery. It builds upon the techniques developed with load balancing, virtualization and geographical separation of assets. If done right, the cloud can drive multi-purpose utilization of assets, which makes disaster recovery more affordable and can provide significant ROI.

Leveraging the cloud for use in a disaster will require pre-planning and monitoring of the resources available in the cloud to ensure that what‘s needed is there when it is needed. This slideshow features eight key steps, identified by AFCOM, for taking advantage of the cloud for disaster recovery.

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